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Happy birthday, Hedy Lamarr, actress and #inventor of the spread-spectrum communication tech behind WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, born #OnThisDay in 1914 https://t.co/2MuFeEoGoS

We just published our 100th paper! Check it out to learn more about a newly discovered bacteria that can eat plastic. Yum! https://t.co/tcs9pegz4m

#HBD, Marie Curie! Her work as a physicist and chemist led to discovery of polonium and radium. She was the first woman to receive a @NobelPrize and also the first person to receive the honor twice. https://t.co/pch65iPTM9 #WomenInSTEM

Going to #NSTA18 National Harbor? We're looking for #educators to participate in a focus group on using primary literature in the #STEM classroom. If this sounds like you, please get in touch! https://t.co/GAtKqQnszC

The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101 (M101), is a grand design spiral galaxy. #DYK only 10% of all known galaxies are this type? What that means: https://t.co/YqeEg0XqMy

Inspire kids with a great science book during #PictureBookMonth! Resources and reading recommendations: https://t.co/5T1nHwnr2m #subaruloveslearning @aaassubaruprize #kidlit

#DYK the ornamental gourds you see everywhere this time of year are related to cucumbers and luffa sponges? https://t.co/zPo2q4SAHf #decorativegourdseason

It's #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Learn how @AISES is encouraging more Native Americans to pursue #STEM fields, explore how a linguists are preserving endangered languages, and more: https://t.co/Xbo4VGhGMc

Learn about some #spookyscience for #Halloween! Have you heard of the "headless chicken monster" recently sighted near Antarctica? Or the spider that can grow to be up to 11 inches in diameter? Check them out: https://t.co/cS2d8X556k

What everyone ought to know about #ghostsharks this #Halloween: https://t.co/sZ6XasWUCL by in @ForbesScience featuring work by #MBARI @Lostsharkguy @Scyliorhinidae1 @DivaAmon #IntlGhostSharkDay

Correction: 2:00 p.m. Nov 8 Webinar on English Learners in STEM Subjects - https://t.co/FBG6MTi9S4 #BOSE #BCYF #ELSTEM

If you happen to come across some undead zombies this Halloween, they're gonna smell real bad #chemoween #halloween

"Science reporting must include marginalized voices," says documentary film producer Llewellyn Smith. Smith won a 2017 @AAASKavli award for "Poisoned Water," his @NOVAPBS program on the Flint, Mich., water crisis. Join us Thursday for his talk at @HowardU. https://t.co/1fQOTpb1t6

Hello my pretty! Even nebulas dress up for #Halloween. This one, imaged by @NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), is a wicked witch: https://t.co/gIw2eNCV3H

#HappyHalloween! Explore the #spookyscience of mummies, spiders, glowing wounds, snakes, leeches, & more! https://t.co/cS2d8WNtHK

It’s #Halloween eve, which means it's time for us to share some our spookiest content #fromthearchives! Stay tuned today and tomorrow for a stream of scary science, hair-raising research and frightful physics drawn from the vaults of @EurekAlert!

Meet the 18 science candidates still on the U.S. ballot: https://t.co/jadgzF0LFW

Did you know word “lemur” comes from the Latin word for ghost? The aye-aye is at the center of countless myths on the island of Madagascar, some Malagasy even believe that the aye-ayes are man-eaters. In reality, the aye-aye leads a solitary life and is nocturnal. @denverzoo